Wednesday 22 July 09:50 - 11:20

Hall: 05 - Ottagonale

Chair and Presenter: Zhang Ning

Division: Division 8: Health Psychology

How to promote health behavior change and increase engagement in healthy living is one of the major research
questions for health psychologists and researchers in social and behavioral medicine and related fields. Advances in
applied behavioral science provide novel insights for tackling this challenge and inspire more transformative research
in promoting healthy living. In this symposium, four researchers will present their latest research in this
interdisciplinary frontier. First, Professor Sam Liu from University of Victoria will present his latest research on Just
In-Time Adaptive Intervention on promoting physical activity among adults, specifically, on the feasibility and
efficacy of the intervention. As people need to maintain an optimal level of physical activity on a daily basis and the prevalence of wearable devices in monitoring physical activity, Just-In-Time Adaptive intervention has great potential
to promote physical activity in real-life contexts. Second, Dr. Yu Chen from University of Groningen will present his
research on the effect of choice architecture on food choice with simulated experiments on testing the decoy effect and
attraction effect. His research enriches our understanding the boundary conditions of the attraction effect in food
choices. Third, Dr. Yibo from Peking University will present his research on improving self-care management for
pulmonary TB patients through the lens of the integrated theory of health behavior change. Using a randomized
controlled trial, his research found that intervention based on the integrated theory of health behavior change
significantly increased pulmonary TB patients' ability for self-care management after three months. Lastly, I will
present our recent research on intervention to induce future-oriented thinking among people with high-risk of being
diagnosed with colorectal cancer to adherence to Colonoscopy through a clustered randomized-controlled trial. The
research provide insights on applying nudge strategies to promote early cancer screening among high-risk populations.
The research to be presented in this symposiumcoversavarietyofhealthbehaviordomainsandhaveimplicationsfor
promotinghealthbehaviorchangeandhealthylivingamongbothpatientsandthegeneralpopulation.